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- Awkward: Netanyahu greeted in Kiev with slogan of Jew-slaughtering Nazi collaborators
Grandfathering a slogan of past-era nationalists who took part in ethnic massacres makes for awkward moments when you have to use the slogan to greet a foreign leader of said ethnicity during an official visit.Aug 19, 2019 12:07World News - Zelensky has ultimatum for Donbass, but is he in a position to talk?New Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has set conditions for lifting Kiev's economic blockade of the eastern breakaway republics. But is he in any position to give such ultimatums, held hostage as he is in his own capital?Jul 9, 2019 16:11World News
- Kiev never wanted real trial, just to use me for blackmail – detained Russian journalist VyshinskyRussian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky, arrested in Ukraine over treason changes, says the authorities had never aimed for an actual trial and simply put him behind bars in order to use him as a bargaining chip.Jun 19, 2019 10:11World News
- US ambassador to Kiev sacked amid ‘meddling’ accusations from Ukraine’s top prosecutorWashington’s ambassador to Ukraine has been dismissed from service two months ahead of schedule. The development comes less than a month after the top Ukrainian prosecutor claimed she gave him a ‘do-not-prosecute list.’May 7, 2019 21:38World News
- ‘How dare you!’ French ambassador shames Ukrainian pundit for joking about Notre Dame blazeA Ukrainian political commentator drew the ire of the French ambassador in Kiev after joking that Monday’s devastating fire at Notre Dame might be linked to the visit of the frontrunner in the Ukrainian presidential election.Apr 16, 2019 07:30World News
- Massive LED swastika displayed at Kiev shopping mall. Are ‘hackers’ to blame?A swastika has been displayed in a Kiev shopping mall, located at a street named after Nazi collaborator-turned Ukrainian ‘hero’ Stepan Bandera. The mall itself denied involvement in such a shocking display and blamed hackers.Feb 19, 2019 20:53World News
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